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  1. Acquire and make easily accessible to zoo and aquarium professionals the current body of knowledge on animal welfare and ethics.
  2. Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
  3. Convene important discussions and presentations on captive exotic animal welfare and ethics.
  4. Train professionals on captive exotic animal welfare best practices and policies.
  5. Recognize advances in improving captive exotic animal welfare and ethics through awards.
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Parity Influences the Demeanor of Sows in Group Housing

Authors: Taya Clarke, John R. Pluske, David W. Miller, Teresa Collins, Patricia A. Fleming

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: behavior, group housing, parity, qba, sow

2018

The effect of ketoprofen on post-partum behaviour in sows

Authors: Elina Viitasaari, Marja Raekallio, Mari Heinonen, Anna Valros, Olli Peltoniemi, Laura Hänninen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, farrowing, ketoprofen, pain, sow

2014

Culled early or culled late: economic decisions and risks to welfare in dairy cows

Authors: F. M. Langford, A. W. Stott

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, culling, dairy cows, dynamic program, dynamic programme, economic values, longevity

2012

Repeated locomotion scoring of a sow herd to measure lameness: consistency over time, the effect of sow characteristics and inter-observer reliability

Authors: R. B. D'Eath

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, inter-observer agreement, lameness, locomotion scoring, pigs, sows

2012

Development of approach and handling tests for the assessment of reactivity to humans of sows housed in stall or in group

Authors: Caroline Clouard, Marie-Christine Meunier-Salaün, Nicolas Devillers

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavioural test, consistency, human-animal relationship, reliability, sows, welfare

2011

Maternal responsiveness of outdoor sows from first to fourth parities

Authors: S. Held, G. Mason, M. Mendl

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: consistency, maternal responsiveness, outdoor pigs, parities, piglet scream test

2006

Vitamin D intakes by cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus) and associated serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations

Authors: Duane E. Ullrey, Joni B. Bernard, Gregory K. Peter, Zhiren Lu, Tai C. Chen, James G. Sikarskie, Michael F. Holick

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: callitrichids, vitamin d requirement, vitamin d status

1999

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